Keith,
Model Railroader published a book called 'Detailing Diesel
Locomotives' by Jeff Wilson and I believe it is still available (I
have it in stock). In it he shows how he used Bare Metal Foil on side
panels on HO Proto 2000 E-7's & E-8's. The pictures are very helpful
and show how he applied the foil. A lot of my plastic car model
builders buy Bare Metal Foil from me and use it on bumpers and trim.
I have wanted to try using the 'Chrome' foil on some of my P2k E-
units but haven't got around to it yet.
John Olson
Billings, Mt.
On Aug 31, 2012, at 3:36 PM, hvyweight41 wrote:
> Charlie-
>
> Thanks for your info. I am going to give a go at using a product
> called "Bare Metal". I've bought Chrome and Ultra Chrome versions
> and will compare them before applying them to the prepped shells.
> The manufacturer tells me the material will take decals. They
> promote it for doing detail work on model cars and planes and such
> but I'm not sure anyone has tried covering an entire shell. If
> anyone has experience with this stuff please chime in. Fortunately,
> this product is removable and I won't ruin the shell. I'll let the
> group know how it goes and post some pics when I'm done.
>
> On the subject of phases, are you telling me that Joe's shell
> (based on Life Like E6) is Phase II, not as delivered. I want to
> model the Texas Zephyr's E5s in summer 1940 to 1942 timeframe. Do I
> need to change something to get the right version? Black striped or
> red stripes? I'm just developing my CBQ reference library and
> haven't distilled the nuances of E5 configurations.
>
> Thanks,
> Keith
>
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@...> wrote:
>>
>> Keith-
>>
>>
>>
>> The units came from the factory with only the striping and
>> lettering in
>> paint. Everything else was Stainless Steel. There was some
>> variation in
>> the level of polish but I would just go ahead and paint everything
>> in Alclad
>> Stainless unless you want to research all the photos available and
>> try to
>> develop an area by area diagram of varying Stainless Steel finishes.
>>
>>
>>
>> The upcoming Kato unit will first be offered in the As-Delivered
>> scheme.
>> Black stripes. The unit at IRM has a replacement pilot (there
>> were three
>> different styles of Pilots on the E5s as delivered) and the IRM
>> version is
>> one style of the replacement regular steel pilots which were painted
>> silver(some had what look like E7 pilots applied which do not
>> follow the
>> contours of the originals).
>>
>>
>>
>> Check photos for the unit you are doing..you may want to match the
>> "phase"
>> of the unit as well. the Valerio shell, being based on the
>> LifeLike E6, is
>> closest to a Phase II (the Kato will be a PhaseI which is like an
>> E3 with
>> the parallel to the rails roof radiators vs. the perpendicular
>> style of the
>> E6).
>>
>>
>>
>> Charlie Vlk
>>
>
>
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